Since June 2003, Nancy E. Davis, MA (Northeastern Illinois University, 1994) has held the title of System Research Consultant at Advocate Health Care. She attained a master's degree in clinical psychology and is a licensed professional counselor. For the past 7 years, Ms. Davis has promoted and supported enhancement of Advocate Health Care resident and faculty research and education skills and activities to ultimately improve the quality of patient care. In that capacity she provides research consultation and education to attending, resident and fellow physicians in multiple clinical areas. She has over 10 years of applied experience in a wide-range of clinical research activities, including project design and methodology, database design, data collection and management, and data analysis. As an experienced research consultant, Ms. Davis developed the curriculum and performed as faculty for the Advocate Research Elective, a comprehensive research-training course for physicians and healthcare professionals. In May 2005 she completed the clinical trials management certification program at the University of Chicago. Since June 2003 Ms. Davis supports the Director of Clinical Trials Research with clinical trials business operations (i.e., budgets, contracts, regulatory documents, IRB applications) by providing direction, mentoring, and follow-up for clinical research associates. Although the scope of the work performed by this position may affect research systems throughout Advocate Health Care, a majority of the work will focus primarily at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. Ms. Davis has several publications in diverse areas and has lectured on those topics.
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